Ling Feng and Liu Mengwei met Yang Ximin at the police station.
She does look very similar to the person in the video, except that her figure is slimmer, her fingers and wrists are slimmer and whiter, and she doesn't wear any bracelets.
This time it was a living person, not just the voice on the phone but not the images on the screen of the mobile phone. Yang Ximin was now sitting in the interrogation room of their police station. She looked a little embarrassed, and her face was as pale as if she hadn't seen the sun for a long time, but this was indeed her, and it was 100% consistent with the ID photo stored in the household registration and population registration information management system.
Ling Feng secretly pinched his palms to confirm that he was in reality, and then asked: "Can you tell me what you are doing here today?"
"Bring you something." Yang Ximin replied silently.
"Who asked you to send it?"
"I don't know...I don't know him..."
"Do you know what's in this?"
"have no idea."
Ling Feng used carrots and sticks in turn, using reason and emotion to guide her from all aspects, hoping to give her some useful information, but in the end, she only got three words: I don't know.
"You don't know the person who asked you to deliver something, and you don't know what's in the package, so why do you do it for him?"
"You mean I shouldn't come to you?" Yang Ximin finally raised his head and looked into Ling Feng's calm eyes. "Shouldn't that thing be handed over to you? Didn't you say that if you have any difficulty, go to the police?"
This sudden rhetorical question almost confused him. "So, you know what's in the package, right?"
"I don't know, so it's safer to leave it to the police."
This move was really clever. Ling Feng calmed down and continued to ask: "Then how did you get this thing?"
"I was kidnapped and I finally escaped today. As soon as I escaped, I came here."
Unexpectedly, she was actually physically threatened! In this way, Luo Wan's suspicion was correct from the beginning, and those phone calls and videos were also a cover-up for the kidnappers.
The drug trade, coupled with the kidnapping case, became more and more serious in nature. Ling Feng cheered up instantly and was about to ask carefully when Liu Mengwei's clear voice suddenly came from his earphones.
"Captain Ling, her reaction to this whole thing is way too bland. Unfortunately, this could be another Stockholm patient."
Ling Feng was slightly startled, and then took a closer look at Yang Ximin, who was sitting opposite him. Her face was lifeless and full of exhaustion. In the most beautiful years of her youth, she was like an immortal flower that had been drained of its moisture. The color remained the same, but it had lost its vitality.
Just as he was thinking about countermeasures, another voice came from the earphones. "There is another possibility that she actively or passively used psychotropic drugs, or simply drugs, which led to disorders in the central nervous system and sensory functions, and she lost sensitivity to the injuries she had suffered. . After you finish the interrogation, bring her over for a urine test." This unceremonious commanding tone meant that Wen Qiao didn't run away.
Outside the interrogation room, Liu Mengwei looked at Yang Ximin with melancholy and said: "It seems that she has experienced a lot in the more than a month since she disappeared. But didn't Tycho locate her at that time? Kidnapping was necessary. Did they take her that far away? Or...did they ever want to do something more extreme to her?"
"It's just a mobile phone. When did people gradually become equated with a machine?" Wen Qiao said lightly.
"You wouldn't want to say that in Yang Ximin's kidnapping case, the kidnapper kidnapped not a person, but a mobile phone, right?" Liu Mengwei suddenly had an incredible idea.
"But why is this? She used her mobile phone to pretend that she was traveling at the border and cover up the fact that she was in Yunhe City. Why did the kidnapper need to do this?" Liu Mengwei said to herself again and again, thinking about the whole story. .
"What needs to be covered up is not the fact that she is in Yunhe City, but the fact that she was kidnapped and her personal freedom was restricted." Wen Qiao corrected.
Liu Mengwei suddenly realized: "The kidnappers kidnapped her but did not ask for ransom from her family. Instead, they tried every means to conceal her disappearance, which shows that they did not want to ask for something but wanted to avoid something. They wanted her to disappear reasonably and not attract other people's attention, because Her presence could be some kind of threat to them."
Wen Qiao nodded in agreement: "If a person wants to disappear reasonably from his original circle of friends, the best excuse is to travel. But after a long time, it will still arouse suspicion, especially the family and friends around him. A week is almost Once it reaches its limit, if it grows any longer, some proactive measures must be taken to create an illusion of safety and freedom in the minds of others.”
Liu Mengwei's heart sank: "So, Luo Wan's feeling is correct. She and Yang Ximin have lived together for so long, and they should be very familiar with each other, so she can sense that something is wrong. She asked for help, She even found me, but none of us paid attention to her words. In the more than a month since Yang Ximin disappeared, her personal safety was threatened, and she was mentally controlled with drugs..." She sighed sadly: "If I can If we found her earlier, wouldn't we have to suffer so much?"
"There is no point in thinking about the past that cannot be changed." Wen Qiao was still rational and almost indifferent.
Although the words were correct, they sounded somewhat uncomfortable. Liu Mengwei retorted: "Why is it meaningless? At least we can learn a lesson."
"If people can learn lessons, why do they still repeat the same mistakes they have made countless times every day?" Wen Qiao stood up straight, folded his arms, and looked at her condescendingly.
He had a strange feeling that the person in front of him seemed different from when he first met her. He once thought that this mysterious woman was one of his own kind. Because she knew all the cruel truths about the world, she treated everything in a distant and calm manner. Although she always looked kind and gentle, Wen Qiao always knew that it was just It's just her mask. She will also show sadness and sympathy for the misfortunes in the world, but it is more like a politeness that should be shown under social discipline, not the light of humanity emanating from her heart.
But now she was quietly changing, which made Wen Qiaotu feel nervous. A monster that has been walking alone in the darkness suddenly sees a fellow traveler, and its attention will naturally be attracted. Now, she seems to be leaving again, and he will fall into loneliness again.
"Thinking about the past is of course useful. Everyone is made up of his past experiences. To deny the value of the past is to deny oneself. There is no need to be so pessimistic. If you feel that dwelling on the past is useless, you might as well look forward. As time goes by, the future will eventually become the past, but the present is still an uncertain past, full of variables and full of hope."
She has really changed. She shouldn't say words like "no need to be pessimistic" and "full of hope." Wen Qiao said something unnaturally: "Stupid...idealist. She doesn't need your rescue at all. There are so many unfortunate people, can you take care of them? What's more, if you help some people, not only will you not get thanked, but you will get into trouble."
Liu Mengwei blinked: "Maybe it's idealism. Idealism is actually not that unbearable, but it's definitely not stupid. Mr. Forensic, do you know the prisoner's dilemma?"
"certainly."
"The basic model of the prisoner's dilemma only involves a round of games between two people. Two prisoners jointly committed a case. Due to insufficient evidence, they could only rely on exposure to convict the other party. Since the two were interrogated separately, they were unable to communicate and generally The best solution is to expose each other, rather than keep silent. But in real life, few people will act so simply and straightforwardly, and one thing often involves multiple people and multiple games. In the last century, there was an American political science professor A competition was set up to invite a group of game theorists to design a 200-round 'Multiple Prisoner's Dilemma' game to see what strategy would win."
"The winner in the end was a very simple program called TFT (Tit for Tat) strategy. This strategy has only two steps. Step 1, no matter who you are facing, choose to cooperate with them first; Step 2, repeat the opponent's actions. If the opponent chooses to cooperate, continue to cooperate with him. If the opponent chooses to betray, he will retaliate against him. This game lasts two rounds, and in the second round more scholars Participated in it, but no matter how sophisticated and well-designed strategies are, they can't beat this simple but efficient program."
"It's essential to be on guard against others." Wen Qiao still reminded coldly.
"In the competition, all the programs that chose defection in the first step failed to make it into the top 10 in the end."
"So, this is your philosophy of doing things, to release kindness to others from the very beginning? Then have you ever thought that your opponent's first move may kill you, and you have no chance to use your That strategy of tooth for tooth, eye for eye." Wen Qiao hoped that she could grow a hard shell again. In his knowledge, this was the only way to protect himself from harm.
"Then, do you have to stop eating because of choking?"
"Perhaps you can wait for others to make the first move and strike later." Wen Qiao thought of a compromise.
Liu Mengwei suddenly approached him, and the gentle yet intoxicating aroma of bitter orange appeared again. Her hand gently touched the forearm he had been holding on his chest.
"Still... didn't feel anything." Liu Meng pouted slightly: "It's really well hidden."
"Do you know? When I was locked up in the laboratory, the researchers were just like you. They kept a cold face all day long and pretended to be sophisticated. But I could see their bad intentions at a glance. , some people see me as no different from a white mouse in a cage, some people still have some pity in their hearts at first, but then they become numb. Others are filled with uncontrollable lust, like hungry Staring at my body like a wolf. They despised me, so I despised them."
"But after I came here, everything was different from there. Although there were some annoying things, most people were friendly and approachable to me. Our dean is a middle-aged man with a great sense of humor and loves to surf the Internet. , and can play together with young students. I have a very polite, neat and capable little assistant who arranges the lessons in an orderly manner every time. I also know many teachers who are knowledgeable and well-educated. We eat together Drinking tea was also a pleasure.”
Liu Mengwei looked around and then said: "Let's talk about our Captain Ling. Every time I stay with him, I can feel the positive force from him. Officer Xiao Ling is also very cute. It comes and goes quickly, like a little rabbit that only loves to be surprised. Officer Zhou is also an interesting person, like a grocery store hidden in a busy city, you never know when he will surprise people."
"These people all treat me very well. They have already taken the initiative to show their kindness to me. How can I hide behind and wait for others to take the initiative to give?"
These words were really beyond Wen Qiao's expectation. He didn't expect Liu Mengwei to have such a mental journey. He looked at Liu Mengwei's face that looked like a crystal flower, and a trace of fear flashed through his heart, as if the face would irreparably break into countless pieces in the next second, turn into gravel, and drift away in the wind.
"You, on the other hand, are like a black hole, always elusive. What are you worried about? Why do you always seem to be thinking deeply?"
"This has nothing to do with you." Wen Qiao gently pushed her hand away and turned away from looking at her. If you don’t see it, it doesn’t exist. If you don’t see it, it won’t happen.
"But I still want to remind you that maybe you really trusted the wrong person this time."
